門前払
もんぜんばらい
Noun, Participle, Verb, Transitive
1.
turning someone away (at the front door), refusing a visitor, shutting the door in someone's face, refusal of admission
Noun
2.
rejecting without consideration, denying without substantial investigation
3.
being chased away from a magistrate's office's gate (lightest punishment during the Edo period)
historical term
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予約なしで行ったら、店で門前払いされてしまった。
When I went without a reservation, I was turned away at the store.
彼の提案は、議論の余地なく委員会によって門前払いされた。
His proposal was rejected by the committee without any room for discussion.
訪問販売員が来たが、私はすぐに門前払いした。
A door-to-door salesman came, but I immediately turned him away.
その陳情は、手続き上の不備を理由に門前払いされた。
The petition was rejected on the grounds of procedural deficiencies.
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